Heidi earnshaw - Owner/creative director

Heidi Earnshaw is a designer and woodworker whose love of craft and reverence for natural materials shape every piece produced by Heidi Earnshaw Design studio.  Born and raised in Toronto, she founded her practice in the city in 2000.  

Surrounded by art and antiques in her childhood home, Heidi loved making things and knew from a young age that she wanted to study art. After graduating with a visual arts degree from the University of Toronto, she took a position in a cabinet making studio and immediately fell in love with the warmth and versatility of wood, and the discipline involved in mastering a single material. Earnshaw went on to study furniture design at Sheridan College’s School of Craft and Design, later becoming a faculty member and mentor.  

For more than 25 years Earnshaw has been meticulously crafting quiet, richly detailed furniture and objects that have been collected globally. Her work has been exhibited across Canada and the US, and has been recognized by the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts council and the Canada Council for the Arts.  

Tim steadman - studio manager/lead fabricator

Tim is an artist and furniture maker based in eastern Ontario. Raised in a family of builders, woodworkers and artists, he developed an early appreciation for both technical skill and creative expression.  Tim began training as a furniture maker at Sheridan College in 2012 and worked with a range of makers in diverse professional contexts throughout Ontario before joining Heidi Earnshaw Design in 2022. Tim is driven by a strong interest in the technical aspects of furniture making, combined with a commitment to imbuing functional objects with character and individuality. His work results in well-crafted pieces that emphasize precision, durability, and a sense of personality.